debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/raketasks/user_management.md

# User management

## Add user as a developer to all projects

```bash
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:user_to_projects[username@domain.tld]

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:import:user_to_projects[username@domain.tld] RAILS_ENV=production
```

## Add all users to all projects

Notes:

- admin users are added as masters

```bash
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:all_users_to_all_projects

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:import:all_users_to_all_projects RAILS_ENV=production
```

## Add user as a developer to all groups

```bash
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:user_to_groups[username@domain.tld]

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:import:user_to_groups[username@domain.tld] RAILS_ENV=production
```

## Add all users to all groups

Notes:

- admin users are added as owners so they can add additional users to the group

```bash
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:import:all_users_to_all_groups

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:import:all_users_to_all_groups RAILS_ENV=production
```

## Maintain tight control over the number of active users on your GitLab installation

- Enable this setting to keep new users blocked until they have been cleared by the admin (default: false).


```
block_auto_created_users: false
```

## Disable Two-factor Authentication (2FA) for all users

This task will disable 2FA for all users that have it enabled. This can be
useful if GitLab's `config/secrets.yml` file has been lost and users are unable
to login, for example.

```bash
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:two_factor:disable_for_all_users

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:two_factor:disable_for_all_users RAILS_ENV=production
```

## Rotate Two-factor Authentication (2FA) encryption key

GitLab stores the secret data enabling 2FA to work in an encrypted database
column. The encryption key for this data is known as `otp_key_base`, and is
stored in `config/secrets.yml`.


If that file is leaked, but the individual 2FA secrets have not, it's possible
to re-encrypt those secrets with a new encryption key. This allows you to change
the leaked key without forcing all users to change their 2FA details.

First, look up the old key. This is in the `config/secrets.yml` file, but
**make sure you're working with the production section**. The line you're
interested in will look like this:

```yaml
production:
  otp_key_base: ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
```

Next, generate a new secret:

```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake secret

# installation from source
bundle exec rake secret RAILS_ENV=production
```

Now you need to stop the GitLab server, back up the existing secrets file and
update the database:

```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-ctl stop
sudo cp config/secrets.yml config/secrets.yml.bak
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:two_factor:rotate_key:apply filename=backup.csv old_key=<old key> new_key=<new key>

# installation from source
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab stop
cp config/secrets.yml config/secrets.yml.bak
bundle exec rake gitlab:two_factor:rotate_key:apply filename=backup.csv old_key=<old key> new_key=<new key> RAILS_ENV=production
```

The `<old key>` value can be read from `config/secrets.yml`; `<new key>` was
generated earlier. The **encrypted** values for the user 2FA secrets will be
written to the specified `filename` - you can use this to rollback in case of
error.

Finally, change `config/secrets.yml` to set `otp_key_base` to `<new key>` and
restart. Again, make sure you're operating in the **production** section.

```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-ctl start

# installation from source
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab start
```

If there are any problems (perhaps using the wrong value for `old_key`), you can
restore your backup of `config/secrets.yml` and rollback the changes:

```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-ctl stop
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:two_factor:rotate_key:rollback filename=backup.csv
sudo cp config/secrets.yml.bak config/secrets.yml
sudo gitlab-ctl start

# installation from source
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab start
bundle exec rake gitlab:two_factor:rotate_key:rollback filename=backup.csv RAILS_ENV=production
cp config/secrets.yml.bak config/secrets.yml
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab start

```

## Clear authentication tokens for all users. Important! Data loss!

Clear authentication tokens for all users in the GitLab database. This
task is useful if your users' authentication tokens might have been exposed in
any way. All the existing tokens will become invalid, and new tokens are
automatically generated upon sign-in or user modification.

```
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:users:clear_all_authentication_tokens

# installation from source
bundle exec rake gitlab:users:clear_all_authentication_tokens RAILS_ENV=production
```